Exhibition-car



R. JUVET AND R. DE STOUTZ. EXHIBITION CAR. APPLICATION man JUNE29, 1920.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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R. JUVET AND R. DE STOUTZ. EXHIBITION CAR.

APPLICATION man :uuszs, 1920. I 1,397,965. Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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R. IUVET AND R. DE STO'UTZ. EXHIBITION CAR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, I920.

1,397,965. Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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ROGER JUVET All'D ROBERT DE STOUTZ, OF ZURICH, SNITZERLAND, ASSIGNORS TO THE FIRM OF JUVET, DE STOUTZ & MEYER, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

EXHIBITION-CAR.

Application filed June 29,

T (all whom it may concern l 3e it known. that we, "in-1r. driver, a citizen 01' the Republic of Switzerland. rosiding at Zurich; Belsitostrasse 2, Switzer- Specification of Letters 'E'atcnt.

192 Serial No. 392,806.

Fig. shows a detail of Fig. 6;

Fig. 11 is a vertical section through the detail shown in Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional view of a land and Bonner n2 S'roritrz, a citizen of the Fig. 11; 60 Republic of Switzerland, residing at Zurich, Fig- 13 illustrates a third constructional i-iohrlistrasse 24-, bwitzer l, have inventexample of the invention in a slde elevation; ed certain new and useful .l1plO.'QiIlGniS in Fig. ll is a horizontal section of Fig. 13; Exhibition-Cars; and we do hereby declare Fig. shows a detail of the exemplifies.-

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description of the invention. such as will Fig. 1G is a modification of Fig. 15. enable others skilled in the art to which it The cars of the train are subdivided by appertains to maize and use the same, relcrpartition walls 2 into exhibition-compartence being had to the accompanying drawments 3 which can be singly hired by ex- 15 ings, and to letters or ii. es of reference hibitors. The partition walls 2 are fixed demarked thereon. which iolln a part of this tachably for instance by means of screws specification, and bolts and each of them can be removed.

The object f th A regent. i ti i to It is therefore possible to convert two eX- L rovide a car for exhibiting goods and samhibition-compartments 3 into one compart- 20 ples without repaclri consecutively at difment. The partition wells 2 are provided t'erentmercantile and industrial centers situwith large openings 4 Figs. 1 and 2 closed ated at a distance from ench. other. this by means of detachable doors 5. 6 denotes invention a railway ar is rran d a e curtains or removable wells enabling one hibition place and is subdivided into ciii'er o Shut up each compartment separately 25 ent gghibiiio -con pal'tlnentg Furthgr neans iVlifiIl illd train 15 running and GSPQClZLlly durare provided for adapting the car as to ing night time. In order to maintain the be suited for a througrh trailic. An essential possibility of passing through the cars durfeuture of the invention is further the pro- 111g those times folding or sliding doors 7 vision or a bed in each exhibition cempnrtare provided in those parts of the walls 30 ment whereby a greatnuniber of sleeping which are lying on one side of said closing cars can be dispensed with and th l th -E members 6 and at the front ends of the cars the whole train which is only limited by the which permit passing through each car in pulling force of the engine may be used alalongitudinal direction and thus along the most entirely for exhibit-ion purposes. whole train. In order to give convenient 35 Several exemplificatiens oi the invention access to the difierent compartments during 9 are illustrated on the accompanying drawthe exhibition the side-wall of the car is inns in which: subdivided into several hinged members 9.

v Figure 1 shows a side view partly in sec- If these members are brought into the position of a car of a first exempliiication; tion 9" of Fig. 1, which is done when the car Fin; 21g lan view of the carriage shown Serves as exhibition-room while standing in 1, its roof being partly removed; the open, their inner surfaces may be used as 3 is a section alene; line i -B of nameboards or as advertising-boards. In w bad weather the hinged members 9 may be brought into the position 9" shown in Fig. 3 in order to be used as a projecting roof. The root 10 of the car is provided with skylights 11, which may be protected by means oi covers 12. If these covers are lifted as is shown in Fig. 3, the interior of the car is illuminated from above. To keep the number of sleeping rooms as low as possible a bed 13 is arranged in each exhibition compartment suspended from the ceiling on straps 14: which are guided over rolls 15. The bed can thus be lowered when required and during other times it is raised to the ceiling.

Preferably such trains may be stationed at larger cities in train sheds and means may be provided to simplify the access to the trains and the passing through all the cars.

In the eicemplification of the invention illustratedin Figs. 4-12, the lateral walls 9 of the cars can have lower parts 9 swung downward and their upper parts 9 swung upward. The lower parts 9 are supported by small brackets 14 pivotedly mounted on the car and by the larger brackets 15 carrying the steps 16. In this position which is shown with dot-dash lines on Fig. 5 they form a kind of veranca used as a. gang way, which is provided with detachable railings 17 and to which the steps lead up formed by boards 16 placed on the brackets 15. The partition walls 2 of the compartments 3 may again be detached as is shown in Fig. 5 for the compartment 3 18 denotes a cupboard provided in each compartment; boards 19 are stored behind the cupboard which enable in connection with the doors 7 to close each compartment as is shown for the two compartments 3 on the extreme left of the car of Fig. 5. 20 denotes several shelves placed one above the other. In this exemplification the bed 20 is arranged to one side of the compartment below the shelves, part 21 of the bed serves as a seat during daytime and can be swung up into the position 22. A folding wash-basin 23 is hinged at the cupboard'lS and can be swung out of the latter. The upper parts 9 or the hinged members are moved upward, act as a projecting roof and when held in this position by means of tieg-ropes 24, as is shown in Fig. 7. To enable an entirely dust-proof closing of the hinged members 9 and 9 in the position shown in Fig. 6, they are provided with a pneumatic tightening arrangement, which is shown in detailin Figs. 10 to 12. At some of the edges of the hinged members 9 and 9* a rubber hose 25 is in sorted in such a way that it projects by a small amount above the outer faces. Against this projecting part a facing strip 26 of the other part for instance of 9 bears and compresses the projecting part of the rubber hose 25 thus producing a pneumatic tightening. The rubber hose of the different hinged members 9 and 9 are, by means of connecting pipes 27, in connection with compressed air supply pipes 28. After the hinged members 9 and 9 have been shut and bolted in a known manner, compressed air can be forced into the rubber hose 25 .by means of an air-compressor and thus a dustproof tightening of the hinged members is attained.

In the third exemplification of the invention shown in Figs. 13 and 14, instead of the hinged members, wings 29 of folding doors adapted to turn on vertical hinges are provided, between which there are stationary posts '30, by which the entrance side of the exhibition carriage is supported. The doors 29 are arranged so that they open conveniently into single and double compartments as is shown in Fig. 14. In Fig. 14 all the compartments are shown shut up. In order to arrange, for a veranda and a projectingroofifhe b ackets 15 are, as is shown in Fig. 15, covered with the boards for the steps 16 and with boards 31. Further there are arranged turnable brackets 32 above the doors on which a tarpaulin 83 is spread, that is rolled up inside the upper part of the carriage when it is not used. As is shown in F 16, instead of the boards 31 corrugated plates 3 1 or'one plate of this kind which 6X- tends over the greatest part of the lengthof the car may be used. The latter plate serves in the lowered position as floor of the veranda and in the upright position, as is shown in Fig. 16, it is lying outside against all the shut doors and acts as asafety de:

vice against opening said doors.

This device aims to render the exhibition movable so that it may be adapted. in-a better way to the requirements of the market in the various industrial branches and in the different consuming centers; in other words it is the exhibition that visits the buyer and not, as has been hitherto the case, the buyer who travels to visit the stationary exhibition. By this invention an intensive exchange of ideas and goods between producer and consumer is rendered possible,- which is of the greatest importance in the development of every business.

We claim:

1. In an exhibition car, a plurality of vertical partition walls arranged to divide the'car into separate exhibition compartments and forming a continuous interior passage along one side of the car, means for detachably mounting the partitions to permit the formation of exhibition compartments of different size and a bed in each compartment.

2. In an exhibition car, a plurality of vertical partition walls arrangedto divide the car into separate exhibition compartments and forming a continuous interior passage along one side of the car, means for detachably mounting the partitions to permit the formation of exhibition compartments of different size a bed in each compartment, and hinged members adapted to be raised and forming part of one side of the car. I

3. An exhibition car comprising a railway car subdivisible by detachable walls into eX- hibition compartments, means to permit a through traffic through the car, a bed provided in each exhibition compartment, and hinged members adapted to be partly raised provided and-partly lowered and forming part of one side of the car.

at, in exhibition car comprising a railway car. subdivisible by detachable walls into exhibition compartments, means to permit a through traf'ric through the car; a bed provided in each exuibition compartment, hinged members adapted to be partly raised and partly lowered and forming part of one side of the car, and a pneumatic tightening device actuated by compressed air.

An exhibition car comprising a railway car subdivisible by detachable walls, into exhibition compartments, means to permit a through trafiic through the car, a bed provided in the exhibition compartment, hinged members forming part of one side of the carriage and adapted to be lowered onto brackets which can be swung out into the supporting position.

6. An exhibition car comprising a railway car subdivisible by detachable walls into exhibition compartments, means to permit a through t'afiic through the car and a bed arranged on one side of the exhibition compartmcnt below a shelf, that part of the bed projecting from under the shelf adapted to be folded in order to serve as a seat during day-time.

'7. An exhibition car comprising a railway car, subdivisible by detachable Walls into exhibition compartments, means to permit a through trallic through the car, a bed provided in each compartment, and brackets to be swung out from underneath the carriage in order to place a floor for a veranda, and boards for steps on them.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we have signed our names.

ROGER JUVET. ROBERT E STOUTZ. 

